§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the quality of(a) care and (b) treatment being offered to (i) mentally and (ii) personality disordered prisoners held in young offender institutions; and if he will make a statement. [16342]
§ Beverley HughesPrison Service establishments, including young offender institutions, and the health authorities in which they are situated, have been jointly assessing prisoners' health needs, including their mental health needs, and identifying appropriate services to meet them and effective means of delivery. This process, which had been very largely completed by the end of March 237W 2001, was designed to lead to improvements in service provision, through the implementation of individual prison health plans, commencing from April 2001.
The Department of Health's National Service Framework for Mental Health (1999) and the National Health Service (NHS) Plan (2000) make provision for improving mental health services to prisoners, in particular the development of community mental health teams working in prisons. Delivery of these commitments will require prisons and their local health partners to conduct specific mental health needs assessments and identify the services that will need to be put in place to meet any deficits.
§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what targets he has set for mandatory drug testing at each young offender institution. [16343]
§ Beverley HughesThe random mandatory drug testing targets for each male young offender institution and juvenile establishment are listed in the table.
Percentage Establishment Mandatory drug testing target Ashfield — Aylesbury 12 Brinsford 19 Castington 13 Deerbolt 7.5 Dover 12.1 Feltham 22 Glen Parva 15
Numbers of suicides in young offender institutions by financial year Establishment 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–021 Total Aylesbury 1 1 — 3 2 — 7 Brinsford 1 — — 4 2 1 8 Castington — — — 2 — — 2 Dover — 1 — — — — 1 Feltham 1 2 — — 1 1 5 Glen Parva 3 — 2 1 2 — 8 Hindley 2 — 1 1 1 — 5 Northallerton — 1 1 — — — 2 Onley — — — 1 — — 1 Portland 1 — 1 — — 1 3 Reading — 2 1 — 1 — 4 Stoke Heath — — 1 — — — 1 Swiffen Hall 3 — — — — — 3 Wetherby — — — 1 1 1 3 Total 12 7 7 13 10 4 53 1 To date
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Numbers of self harm incidents in young offenders institutions by financial year Establishment 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–021 Total Ashfield — 20 156 77 253 Aylesbury 4 121 84 5 214 Brinsford 37 43 43 14 139 Castington 34 67 89 46 238 Deerbolt 4 3 11 1 20 Dover 4 2 — 1 7 Feltham 64 30 38 13 145 Glen Parva 56 67 78 24 233 Hatfield 2 1 1 — 4 Hindley 12 7 3 5 27 Huntercombe 2 5 8 3 19 Lancaster Farms 29 26 20 9 87 Northallerton 25 27 43 14 111 Onley — — 5 24 29
Percentage Establishment Mandatory drug testing target Hatfield 10.5 Hindley 14 Huntercombe 14 Lancaster Farms 6 Northallerton 12 Onley 5 Portland 8.5 Reading 18.5 Stoke Heath 8 Swinfen Hall 7.5 Thorn Cross 15 Werrington 10 Wetherby 8 Ashfield young offender institution is a private sector establishment. Financial penalties are incurred for each guilty adjudication following a positive random mandatory drug test.
§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) suicides and (b) incidents of self-harm have taken place at each young offender institution in (a) 1996–97, (b) 1997–98, (c) 1998–99, (d) 1999–2000, (e) 2000–01 and (f) 2001–02 to date. [16341]
§ Beverley HughesThe available figures for each male young offender institution and juvenile establishment are listed in the tables. I regret that figures on self-harm are not available for the financial years 1996–97 and 1997–98 as data were not recorded centrally until January 1998.
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Numbers of self harm incidents in young offenders institutions by financial year Establishment 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–021 Total Portland 7 15 29 13 65 Reading 36 12 2 13 71 Stoke Heath 23 12 19 11 72 Swiffen Hall 9 7 12 4 32 Thorn Cross 0 0 0 0 0 Werrington 5 2 2 — 17 Wetherby 3 3 10 9 25 Total 356 470 653 286 1,808 1 To date